Combination furniture



March 28, 1939.

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' COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed April 26, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A itomeysPatented Mar. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT COMBINATION FURNITUREApplication April 26, 1938, Serial No. 204,446

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements incombination furniture and has for its primary object to provide, in amanner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character embodyinganovel construction and arrangement whereby said device may be usedeither as a foot stool or table.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide, in anarticle of combination furniture comprising a stool and a table, novelmeans for connecting said table to said stool and for supporting saidtable either in operative or inoperative position.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an article of furniture ofthe aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, highly efiicient and reliable in use,compact, light in weight, attractive in appearance and which may bemanufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an embodiment of the invention,showing the table in lowered position.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevational View, showing the table in raisedposition.

Figure 4 is a view in front elevation thereof.

3 Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that theembodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a stoolof suitable dimensions and material which is designated generally by thereference numeral l. The

stool 8 includes suitable supporting legs 2 and a cushion or upholsteredtop 3. Rigidly secured on the sides of the stool I, adjacent the frontthereof, is a pair or arcuate metallic plates 4 of substantially theshape shown to advantage in Figs. 1

and 2 of the drawings. The purpose of the plate 4 will be presently setforth.

The reference numeral 5 designates generally a table which is mountedfor swinging movement in a vertical plane on the stool l. The table 5comprises a pair of supporting brackets 6 on which a top I is mounted.The lower side of the top i is provided with a suitable cushion 8.

The brackets 6 are pivotally connected to the sides of the stool iadjacent the plates 3, as at 9. The pivoted ends of the brackets 6 areformed to provide shoulders Ill which, as best seen in Fig. 3 of thedrawings, are engageable with one end of the plates 4 for supporting thetable 5 in raised or operative position.

It is thought that the operation of the invention will be readilyapparent from a consideration of the foregoing. When it is desired touse the device as a foot stool, the table 5 is swung down- 10 wardly toan out-of-the-way-position as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingswhere it is supported by the plates engaged beneath the brackets 5.

It will be noted that the plates i conform substantially to the shape ofthe adjacent portions of 15 the brackets 6 with which said plates areadapted to contact. With the table 5 in this position, the device mayalso be used as a chair, said table 5 functioning as a cushioned orupholstered back. When it is desired to use the table 5 as such, said 0table is swung upwardly to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of thedrawings where it is supported by the shoulders ill engaged with theforward ends of the plates 4. With the table 5 in this position thestool I may be used as a seat, the occupant placing his legs beneath thetable.

It is believed that the many advantages of an article of furnitureconstructed in accordance with the present invention will be readilyunderstood and although a preferred embodiment of 30 the device is asillustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in thedetails of construction and in the combination and arrangement of partsmay be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprising a stool, a table mounted forswinging movement on said stool, said table including supportingbrackets pivotally connected to the sides of the stool, and coactingmeans on the stool and the brackets for supporting the table inoperative or inoperative position, said coacting means includingelongated plates mounted on the sides of the stool and engageablelongitudinally beneath the brackets for supporting the table ininoperative position, and shoulders on the pivoted ends of the bracketsengageable with one end of the plates for supporting the table inoperative position.

GEORGE A. THIBEAU'LT. WILLIAM VISOTSKI. RICHARD CARLSON. IRVINGE.'SWEET.

